About Megan
Megan Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She frames therapy as a practical step toward feeling more capable and confident.
She starts by listening to each person's story and noticing the strengths already present. She believes clients are the experts on their lives and builds on what is working.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small, manageable steps toward change. In therapy she helps people untangle patterns that keep them stuck. Common topics include attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, codependency, and issues around commitment and control.
She also addresses caregiver strain, blended family challenges, body image, and feelings of isolation. Her way of working is direct but gentle. She offers guidance, practical tools, and space to talk through difficult emotions.
People can expect a steady, respectful approach that looks for workable solutions. With 33 years of experience, she brings long-term clinical perspective to common life problems. Her aim is to help people build coping skills, improve relationships, and move toward a life that feels more manageable and rewarding.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many therapists use evidence-based techniques that focus on thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new ways of responding. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress by teaching clearer ways to manage worry and negative self-talk.Another approach concentrates on attachment and relationship patterns. It looks at how early bonds shape current trust, communication, and closeness. This work can be helpful for people dealing with abandonment concerns, codependency, or repeated relationship conflicts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods. Decisions about techniques are collaborative and may shift as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face contact when meeting in person isn’t possible. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to fit support into busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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